East St. Louis News

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on November 20, 2009, TOMMIE LEE HOPKINS, age 49, of East St.

A man is accused of sexually abusing a young girl, But that's just part of this troubling story.

A man has been indicted on a drug charge for allegedly providing a deadly dose of heroin.

A 25-year-old St. Louis man has been charged with criminal sexual assault of a girl.

A clerk opens fire during a robbery at an East St. Louis convenience store, killing one of the perpetrators, but it's the suspect's alleged accomplice who has been charged with murder.

Two people attempted to rob the BFM Market in East St. Louis at 4 am yesterday. An alert employee shot at the robbers, who retreated.

St. Clair County State's Attorney Robert Haida has charged a suspected robber for the murder of his fellow accomplice, who was shot and killed by a store clerk during an attempted robbery in East St.

Authorities say an East St. Louis store clerk being robbed by six armed men opened fire, killing one of the suspects.

Sentencing will be in March for three Illinoisans swept up in the largest dogfighting raid in U.S. history.

St. Clair County prosecutors charged a 17-year-old with the shooting of a five-year-old girl.

East St. Louis and Illinois State Police expect to seek charges Thursday against a 17-year-old they believe responsible for shooting a five-year-old girl Tuesday afternoon as she was leaving a neighborhood store with her mother.

The remains of a Korean War veteran have been positively identified as that of Pfc.

A five year old girl is hospitalized after being hit by a stray bullet in East St.

The grand opening ceremony for the Joseph Center, a shelter for homeless veterans at 5020 State St., is set to begin at 11 a.m. Friday.

More than 150 people showed up for the grand opening Friday morning of the Joseph Center, a residential shelter for homeless veterans at 5020 State St.

A Metro East family prepares to bury their murdered daughter while their city starts to take more action against murder victim prepares to say good bye, a Metro East city is preparing to take more action against crime in their neighborhood.

East St. Louis' mayor says his struggling city is grappling with what he calls a "rising tide" of violence punctuated by the weekend deaths of three women gunned down outside a convenience store.

Police have arrested a man suspected of executing a triple-slaying on Saturday night at an East St.

A man is jailed on $2 million bond after being charged in the weekend shooting deaths of three women at a convenience store in East St.

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